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The army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

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Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
  1 website  
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
684 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science.
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
Websites
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Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war

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Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Date of Publication
1816
Call Number
Book 461 1816
  1 website  
Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
1816
Physical Description
28 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Defending the author's generalship.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, esquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Summary
The writer is a General from the War of 1812 who had suffered defeats during the war and was not chosen to remain in the Army after the war. He defends his performance in this letter.
Subjects
Boyd, John Parker, - 1764-1830.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Campaigns.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1816
Websites
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

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Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
  1 website  
Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
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An Address of members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, to their constituents, on the subject of the war with Great-Britain

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Date of Publication
[1812?].
Call Number
Book 461 n.d.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed at the United States' Gazette
Date of Publication
[1812?].
Physical Description
24 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature: To Judge Yeates from his obet., James Milner [partially clipped]
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Shaw & Shoemaker,
Subjects
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1812-1815.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress. House.
Federal Party (U.S.)
Place
United States Connecticut Hartford.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 n.d.
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A year's residence in the United States of America; treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of house-keeping and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and, of the institutions of the country, civil, political and religious

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Author
Cobbett, William,
Date of Publication
1818-
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
  1 website  
Author
Cobbett, William,
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed for the author by Clayton and Kingsland,
Date of Publication
1818-
Physical Description
v. illus. 19 cm.
Notes
Library has: v. 1.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, no. 1558.
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 - 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament, who was born in Farnham, Surrey.
Subjects
Agriculture - United States.
United States - Description and travel.
United States - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.73 N532Y 1818
Websites
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Acts passed at the third session of the Thirteenth Congress of the United States, : begun and held in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. : Published by authority

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1815.
Call Number
Book 252 1815
Alternate Title
Acts passed at the first session of the Thirteenth Congress of the United States.
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
Washington [D.C.]
Publisher
Printed by Rapine and Elliot.,
Date of Publication
1815.
Physical Description
429 6,[2], 202, 30 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes treaties between the United States and various Indian nations.
Acts of the first and second sesssions follow the title page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 252 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Session laws - United States.
Session laws.
United States.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Rapine and Elliot,
Place
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 252 1815
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A practical treatise on the law of nations, relative to the legal effect of war on the commerce of belligerents and neutrals : and on orders in council and licenses

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Author
Chitty, Joseph,
Date of Publication
1812.
Call Number
Book 824 1812
Responsibility
by Joseph Chitty, Esquire. Of the Middle Temple. To which are added, extracts from Grotius, Bynkershoek, and Vattel: also, the letter of Sir William Scott, and of the Duke of Newcastle, &c. containing matters applicable to the law of prize.
Author
Chitty, Joseph,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Published by Bradford and Read : T. B. Wait & Co. printers,
Date of Publication
1812.
Physical Description
xii, 340, [4] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: pi⁶ 1-43⁴.
Sideglosses.
Advertisements on p. [341]-[344].
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 824 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
War (International law)
War, Maritime (International law)
Prize law.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Bradford & Read.
Thomas B. Wait and Co.
Place
United States Massachusetts Boston.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 824 1812
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The Mexican war and its warriors; comprising a complete history of all the operations of the American armies in Mexico; with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the most distinguished officers in the regular army and volunteer force

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Author
Frost, John,
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
973.62 F939
  1 website  
Responsibility
By J. Frost ...
Author
Frost, John,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Mansfield,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
6, [vii]-viii p., 1 ø, 9-330, 11 p. illus., plates, ports. 20 cm.
Subjects
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.62 F939
Websites
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The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay

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Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.314 S116
Responsibility
By Lorenzo Sabine.
Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
C.C. Little and J. Brown,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
1 p.l., v, 733 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published in 1864 under title: Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution.
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.314 S116
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Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. : Republished, under the authority of the legislature. : With notes and references. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-V]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21068
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1810[-1812].
Call Number
Book 307 1810
Book 306 1810
Book 310 1812
Book 309 1810
Book 308 1810
Book 311 1812
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1810)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and published by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1810[-1812].
Physical Description
5 v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Title of v. 4-5 varies: Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred. Republished, under the authority of the legislature. With notes and references. Vol. IV[-V].
"The Governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to receive proposals, and contract with John Bioren, for thirteen hundred and fifty copies of his proposed edition of the Acts of Assembly of this commonwealth, to the end of the present session of the legislature, to be printed correctly on good paper, with entirely new small pica type, in four volumes royal octavo, of six hundred pages, each well bound and lettered, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per volume ... approved--the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten. Simon Snyder."--V. 1, p. [iii].
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... John Bioren is hereby authorized to close the fourth volume of the new edition of the laws with the laws of the session of one thousand eight hundred and seven-eight; and that all the laws subsequently passed, and which may be passed during the present session, shall be published and included in a fifth volume ... approved--the seventeeth [sic] day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Simon Snyder."--V. 4, verso of title page.
Vol. 5 has imprint date: 1812.
Vol. 1: lix, [1], 560 p.; v. 2: xxvi, 622 p.; v. 3: xliv, 556 p.; v. 4: xix, [1], 563, [1] p.; v. 5: xxxi, [5], 445, [1], 393, [1] p. Last p. of v. 4-5 blank.
Error in paging: v. 3, p. xxxvii misnumbered xxxvi.
"General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, no. 88 Chesnut-street. 1812"--V. 5, 393 p., 3rd count. Also recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 26410.
Shaw & Shoemaker records v. 1-4 as entry 21026, and the complete set as entry 26414.
With a separate index to each of v. 1-4.
"Constitution of the United States of America."--V. 3, p. [xxvi]-xxxv.
"Constitution of the state of Pennsylvania."--V. 3, p. [xxxvi]-xliv.
"Certificate, notes, & extracts, by the secretary of the land-office."--V. 5, p. [x]-xxxi.
"Errata."--V. 5, p. [xxxiii-xxxvi].
"Appendix."--V. 5, p. [397]-445, 2nd count.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 306 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutions - Pennsylvania.
Constitutions.
Law.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
General index three-quarter leather with mabled paper covers (Binding)
Ornate types (Type evidence)
Annotations (Provenance)
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Bioren, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Title
General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 307 1810
Book 306 1810
Book 310 1812
Book 309 1810
Book 308 1810
Book 311 1812
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